In 1988, the ACLU sued DCFS in B.H. v. Johnson. Three years later, both parties entered a consent decree to reform DCFS to provide safer homes, reduce the caseload per employee, protect DCFS ...

A representative from South Bend is the school corporation in Indiana still under a desegregation consent decree, NAACP ...

A federal judge on Thursday terminated two sections of the consent decree governing the Baltimore Police Department, the first time sections of the 17-section agreement have been declared fulfilled.

Now under its third stay in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) consent decree settlement agreement with the Minneapolis Police Department that would legally mandate reform remains ...

Since the city’s consent decree was entered more than six years ago, the independent monitoring team has often stressed that the Chicago Police Department must bolster its data collection and ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A federal court Judge has granted a motion for partial termination of the consent decree. The Department of Justice called it a major milestone reached by the City of ...

A pending consent decree between Minneapolis and the federal government was granted a 30-day stay on Monday, for the third time this year. The consent decree is part of a settlement outlining ...

Almost 10 years to the day after the death of Freddie Gray, the City Police Department sustained compliance in two sections ...

The Chicago Police Department made “significant strides” last year toward full compliance with the federal consent decree, even as the department was tasked with handling protests of the ...

A federal judge said the Baltimore Police Department has made "significant progress" with the consent decree put in place ...

The latest report of the Aurora consent decree said the Aurora Police Department is on the right track, improving its ...